The Super Eagles are now expected to
touch down at their Belo Horizonte base
in the early hours of Sunday June 16 2013
ahead of Monday’s group opener against
Oceania champions, Tahiti. Officials say the African champions will fly
into Sao Paulo just before midnight on Saturday – thus
becoming the last team to arrive at the 2013 FIFA
Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil. Earlier plans Earlier scheduled to arrive on Thursday, the Super Eagles are
forty-eight hours late after a stand-off with Nigeria football
authorities on bonuses payable, despite a mutual
understanding with the team’s Management on a 50 per cent
cut. A miffed but concerned NFF had promptly contacted Sports
Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi when players and officials
refused to leave their Country Club Resort Windhoek for a
scheduled flight from Namibia to Johannesburg on Thursday,
thus missing their connection to Sao Paulo from South Africa. The Sports Minister immediately contacted the Presidency,
and despite his pledge to personally bring the balance of the
money to Brazil, Coach Stephen Keshi insisted his players
would only leave Namibia if the money arrived in the
southern African nation. Laxity On Saturday, a first batch from Windhoek to Johannesburg
inexplicably missed their flight, but Team Administrator
Enebi Achor, who was in the second batch, worked hard to
ensure that batch eventually arrivedin Johannesburg early
enough to retain seats on the connecting flight. -We are all on the same flight. Everything’s sorted out now,”
Achor said on telephone from Johannesburg. Planned arrival The delegation flew aboard a South African Airways flight SA
224, Airbus 340-600 from Johannesburg to Sao Paulo, and are
expected to connect another flight to Belo Horizonte that
would touch down in that city at 4am Sunday, June 16.
Source: http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

nice move up super eagle